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Constant acceleration due to gravity atomic mass unit Avogadro's Number Bohr radius Boltzmann constant electron charge

to mass ratio electron classical radius electron mass energy (J) electron mass energy (MeV) electron rest mass Faraday constant fine-structure constant gas constant gravitational constant neutron mass energy (J) neutron mass energy (MeV) neutron rest mass neutron-electron mass ratio neutron-proton mass ratio permeability of a vacuum permittivity of a vacuum Planck constant proton mass energy (J) proton mass energy (MeV) proton rest mass proton-electron mass ratio Rydberg constant speed of light in vacuum

Symbol g amu, mu or u N a0 k -e/me re mec2 mec2 me F R G mnc2 mnc2 mn mn/me mn/mp 0 0 h mpc2 mpc2 mp mp/me r C

Value 9.8 m s-2 1.66 x10-27 kg 6.022 x 1023 mol-1 0.529 x 10-10 m 1.38 x 10-23 J K-1 -1.7588 x 1011 C kg-1 2.818 x 10-15 m 8.187 x 10-14 J 0.511 MeV 9.109 x 10-31 kg 9.649 x 104 C mol-1 7.297 x 10-3 8.314 J mol-1 K-1 6.67 x 10-11 Nm2kg-2 1.505 x 10-10 J 939.565 MeV 1.675 x 10-27 kg 1838.68 1.0014 4 x 10-7 N A-2 8.854 x 10-12 F m-1 6.626 x 10-34 J s 1.503 x 10-10 J 938.272 MeV 1.6726 x 10-27 kg 1836.15 1.0974 x 107 m-1 2.9979 x 108 m/s

Commonly Used Greek Letters in Subjects Lower Capital case Name alpha beta gamma delta epsilon zeta eta theta Angular accelerationLinear expansionCoefficientAlpha particle (helium nucleus)Fine Structure Constant Beta particle high energy electronSound intensity Gamma ray (high energy EM wave)Ratio of heat capacities (in an ideal gas)Relativistic correction factor ="Change in"="Infinitessimal change in" EmissivityStrainPermittivityEMF (no common use) ViscosityEnergy efficiency Angle (, rad)Temperature The lower case is rarely used, while is sometimes used for the identity matrix or the moment of inertia. Note iota that is not to be confused with the Roman character i; (which has a dot and is much more widely used in mathematics and physics). kappa lambda mu nu xi Spring constantDielectric constant WavelengthThermal conductivityConstantEigenvalue of a matrixLinear density Coefficient of frictionElectrical mobilityReduced massPermeability Frequency Damping cofficient

omicron (no common use) pi rho sigma Product symbol Circle number : = 3.14159... Volume densityResistivity Sum symbolBoltzmann constantElectrical conductivityUncertaintyStressSurface density

tau upsilon phi chi psi omega

TorqueTau particle (a lepton)Time constant (pending) Magnetic/electric fluxAngle (, rad) Rabi frequency (lasers)Susceptibility Wave function Ohms (unit of electrical resistance) Angular velocity

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